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- Rate US$50
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- Piano
Experienced tutor in Piano in Queens, Chiemi offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Piano
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About Chiemi
I am a friendly and open-minded person whose passionate in helping students improve their abilities and skills while maintaining an understanding of music theory. My overall goal is to open people up to music in a relaxed environment, eventually creating strong and lasting relationships.
I have 25 years of teaching experience of all ages. I often teach younger students more advanced approaches of specifically Jazz and Latin. However, I also enjoy exposing adults to Jazz and Latin music by teaching them new skills and theory.
For children, I teach basic music theory and piano techniques using traditional books such as Hanon and Czerny; however, even though I introduce them to classical music at home, I can eventually teach my students how to enjoy Jazz and other popular music through playing, so they can one day perform in front of an audience.
Depending on your level of musical knowledge and theory, I can also teach adults more advance approaches such as Jazz theory and improvization, Latin montuno and so on.
I have a 60-year-old student who had stopped playing the piano for a decade; her fingers were weak and she found it difficult to memorize the chord names and progression of Jazz even though it was her interest. I have been working with her for 2 years.
At the very beginning, she could only play as she read charts/notes. She didn't know how to play chords which are essential for playing Jazz.
After the first year of working with her, she is now able to play songs with chord progressions and little-by-little she learned how to improvise the chords. Since then, she plays Jazz while reading chords without having to read any notes on the chart! She has improved a lot in those 2 years.
When I see the improvement of a student like her, I become so proud for both of us. In the end, never giving up is the key to learning and she showed me that :-)
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[Education]
Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College of CUNY
Masters of Art in Music Performance (2000/1-2002/5)
Wrote 3 Jazz big band (17 pieces) arrangements and received high score
Private Piano Teacher, Yamaha Music School (1984-present)
Private piano instructing for all levels, aged 5-60 years old
Taught piano and electone for 40-50 students at YAMAHA Music School
in Japan, Tottori (1984-1985)
World Class Jazz Musician (1999-present)
Performed with my own Latin Jazz band " Chiemi Nakai Latin Jazz Project " at prestigious Jazz clubs in NYC such as:
Blue Note, Jazz at Kitano and Subrosa total 10 times since 2002
Performed in Japan once a year at a several cities such as: Osaka, Tokyo, Kobe, Nagoya and Yonago total 5 times since 2011
Belgium Salsa Tour with Cuco Valoy band 1999
European Salsa Tour with Jimmy Bosch band 2002: France, Italy,
Holland, Belgium
Canadian Puerto Rican Tour with Jimmy Bosch band 2005
Latin Jazz Specialist (2002-present)
• Performing with various Latin Jazz, Cuban, Salsa and Brazilian bands in NYC at various venues such as:
o Concert halls: Weil Recital Hall in Carnegie Halls
o Clubs: Blue Note, Jazz At Kitano, Birdland, Subrosa, SOB's, Joe's Pub, Nuyorican Poet Café
o Restaurants: Havana Central, Victor's Cafe, Willie's Steak House
o Others: festivals, outdoor events, public libraries, hospitals,community centers
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
*Practice C scale(to all keys)mutiple octaves with crrect fingering
*Sidereading practice with appropriate books
*As an option, teach how to play improvization
Children of preschool age, primary school age.
Children of High school age who want to learn more advanced approaches of Jazz or Latin.
Adults who want to learn Jazz, Latin, Pop.
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Rates
Rate
- US$50
Pack prices
- 5h: US$250
- 10h: US$500
free lessons
The first free lesson with Chiemi will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
online
- US$50/h
Details
$60/hour at my place($45 for Skype lesson) $75/hour~ at your place depending on your resion.
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